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LOGAN TWP.NJ GLOU. CO /LARGE BRUSH FIRE/ FERRY RD & SPRINGHILL LA./CMD REPORTS HE HAS A 400x UNKNOWEN DO TO WIND. GETTING INTO BOAT YARD. M/A FROM DELWARE CO. AND SALEM CO. THIS IS A BRUSH FIRE THAT HAS BEEN REKINDLEIN.EAN 696. 1:49p.m.

STLFN: UPDATE - THE TRAIN ACCIDENT IS NOT IN ST. LOUIS. THE WRONG MM WAS GIVEN. ACCIDENT IS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY. [STL810]. 11:33p.m.

STLFN: SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY MO - De SOTO RURAL FPD - 1ST ALARM FOR A REPORTED TRAIN ACCIDENT IN THE AREA OF VINELAND ROAD AND THE COUNTY BORDER. STILL TRYING TO PIECE THIS TOGETHER. [STL810]. 11:40p.m.

On Wednesday, September 28, 2005, at 0354 hours (3:54 a.m. PDT), thirty-three companies of Los Angeles Firefighters, one Assistant Chief Officer Command Team, four Battalion Chief Officer Command Teams, one Battalion EMS Supervisor, one LAFD Rescue Ambulance, five Helicopters, the Tractor company and other LAFD resources, under the direction Assistant Chief Roderick Garcia, responded to a Brush Fire in the Browns Canyon area of the County of Los Angeles. First LAFD resources on the scene reported approximately thirty acres of moderate to heavy brush burning on a hillside in rugged and almost inaccessible terrain with winds gusting up to forty mile per hour. The Los Angles Angeles Fire Department under a Unified Command with Ventura County Fire Department and Los Angeles County Fire Department, directed firefighters in an aggressive ground and air attack on the fast moving brush fire. In approximately two and one half hours the fire was contained to approximately one hundred and twenty-five acres of heavy brush and grass. No injuries were reported and no homes were threatened or damaged. Additional information concerning this incident should be directed to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

LOS ANGELES, CA:
MAJOR EMERGENCY STRUCTURE FIRE:

On Wednesday, September 28, 2005, at 0751 hours (7:51 a.m. PDT), twenty-two companies of Los Angeles Firefighters, one Assistant Chief Officer Command Team, six Battalion Chief Officer Command Teams, three EMS Battalion Supervisors, seven LAFD Rescue Ambulances, the Tractor Company, one Arson Unit, and other LAFD resources, under the direction of Assistant Chief Curtis James, responded to a Major Emergency Structure Fire at 15816 & 15818 West Arminta Street in the Van Nuys Airport area. First units on the scene reported a large one-story, 50’ x 200’, commercial structure with fire showing through the roof. Firefighters using handlines and heavy stream appliances aggressively attacked the fire and confined it to “AMV Woodworking Inc.” and “All Bright Window Covering” and extinguished the fire in two hours and ten minutes. During Firefighting operations four Firefighters were injured: one Fire Captain suffered lower back, knee, and leg injuries when he was struck by falling roofing materials, another Firefighter suffered a head injury when a member fell from a ladder, both were transported to Northridge Hospital in good condition, two other firefighters suffering from minor smoke inhalation and heat exhaustion were treated on the scene and released. No other injuries were reported and the cause of the fire is listed as under investigation.

All - Hands:
7 - 5 - 2125 @ 14:05
Batt. 58 reports: Box 2125, Using All - Hands for a fire on the 1st floor of a 15 Story Class 1 High Rise Multiple Dwelling. We have ( 1 ) 10 - 45 No Code at this time. 1 - line is stretched and in operation. Primary search is negative with the exception of the ( 1 ) 10 - 45. Still Doubtful.

@ 14:07
Division 15: Box 2125, All visible fire has been knocked down. Have all units still responding in come in on a 10 - 20. ( reduced speed )

@ 14:11
Division 15: Box 2125, All visible fire has been extinguished. Fire was in an Apt. on the 1st. floor. 1 - line stretched and in operation. Truck's "Opening Up" and checking for any extensions. Probably Will Hold.

All - Hands:
7 - 5 - 1449 @ 16:11
Batt. 12 reports: At Box 1449, We have a fire in a 5 story brick occupied multiple dwelling. Unknown what floor the fire is on. We have heavy smoke pushing out from the parlor floor of the bldg. 2 - lines are stretched, 1 - line in operation. Truck's are "Opening Up" Using All - Hands, Doubtful.

@ 16:17
Batt. 12: Box 1449, We have 2 - lines stretched, 1 - line in operation. Truck's are "Opening Up" Fire is on the parlor floor in the rear, which is the 2nd floor of the bldg. Still Doubtful.

@ 16:28
Division 3: Box 1449, Main body of fire has been knocked down. Checking for extensions on the upper floors. Primary search thru out is negative. Secondary searches are negative on the 3rd; 4th; & 5th. floors. Continuing to vent the bldg. Probably Will Hold.

All - Hands:
7 - 5 - 2045 @ 16:42
Batt. 51 reports: Box 2045, We're going to use All - Hands. You can return all the "Special Units" We have a large rubbish fire in the rear of 157 - 05 95th. Street. We have 2 - lines stretched, 1 - line in operation. Fire is Probably Will Hold.

@ 16:44
Batt. 51: Box 2045, All searches are negative. We have no extensions to any of the garage's. Fire is UnderControl. Releasing the 3rd. & 4th. due Engines.

All - Hands:
7 - 5 - 1440 @ 20:17
Batt. 48 reports: At Box 1440, We're using All - Hands for a fire on the 8th floor of an 8 story brick commercial. We have 1 - line stretched and in operation. Truck's are "Opening Up" Fire is Doubtful.

@ 20:25
Batt. 40: Box 1440, Main body of fire has been knocked down. Primary search is negative at this time. Still Doubtful.

@ 20:35
Division 11: Box 1440, All searches are negative in the Bldg. We're going to go UnderControl at this time " K "

Pursuit terminated at college because of traffic,stop sticks deployed but suspect missed them,another vehicle hit them or suspect vechice hit another vehicle around layton.Suspect refused to stop after hitting construction barrels around North Ave and thats how pursuit started Racine Co kreeping a eye open for it 154.755

1909 - Corinna - ME - et al - rained for several days during the last days of September 1909 caused by a "disturbance" off the coast of New England. The story from Sept. 30, 1909 called it one of the worst floods in the history of Northern Maine. It affected the counties of Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, and Washington. It washed out many railroad lines, roads and bridges. Some of the more interesting stories in the paper were about the possibility of the dam bursting at Katahdin Iron Works and with so many logs clogging the rising rivers that in Brownville, 100 men spent two days dynamiting the logs that had backed up at the bridge. The log jams also made the flooding worse by causing the water to backup in flatlands, other streams, lakes and ponds. The thing noted by the paper that this rain affected the potato harvesting, but at the same time, it had been a very dry season and the rain was badly needed to restore the normal levels of water.

The Western Historical Manuscript Collection at the University of Missouri-St. Louis is sponsoring an exhibit of photographs by photographer David J. Dubowski. The exhibit entitled FIRE IN THE LENS is in the WHMC gallery on the second floor of the Thomas Jefferson Library on the campus of the University of Missouri St. Louis. Mr. Dubowski is a Fireman and his work reflects his profession. The photographs will be on exhibit from through Monday October 31.

Is it time for A NATIONAL FIRE MUTUAL AID SYSTEM ? A “simple and basic” system lead and coordinated by the International Association of Fire Chiefs in full cooperation with the national fire service organizations-and LOCAL fire departments?

The Wildfire Gel Task Force specializes in protecting structures that are in the path of a wildland fire and creating fire breaks. We do this by using Aqueous Water Enhancers (Gel), Class A Foams and Retardants.

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